North St. Lucie County
Lakewood Park is one of the longer drives we make, so we plan the trip carefully and agree on the price over the phone before we set off from Port St. Lucie.
Quick answer
Yes, Tradition Locksmith comes out to Lakewood Park, the unincorporated community north of Fort Pierce with mostly 34951 addresses. It is about 20 to 22 miles from central Port St. Lucie, usually 30 to 35 minutes by the Turnpike and Kings Highway. We handle house lockouts, rekeys, shed and gate padlocks, outbuilding locks and car keys, with the total quoted first.
Local knowledge
About 20 to 22 miles from central Port St. Lucie, and usually 30 to 35 minutes. We take Florida’s Turnpike north to the Okeechobee Road exit, then follow Kings Highway up to the Turnpike Feeder Road or Indrio Road. Homes off Emerson Avenue on the far west side sit at the long end of that range.
Lakewood Park is not a city. It is unincorporated St. Lucie County, counted by the Census Bureau as a census-designated place. It runs north to the Indian River County line, with Indrio Road along its southern edge and Emerson Avenue on part of its west side. The 2020 census count was 12,510, with a median age of 50, well above the state and national averages.
Because a half hour drive is a long wait if you guess wrong about what you need. When you call, tell us exactly what is locked, what kind of lock it is, and whether you have any working key at all. A phone photo of the lock is even better. That way the technician brings the right cylinder, padlock or key blank the first time and does not have to drive back for parts.
We also give you a straight answer on timing, based on the job our technician is finishing. If you are sitting in a hot car or locked out with kids, say so. We will tell you the truth about timing so you can decide what to do.
Family homes north of Fort Pierce.
Mostly single-family houses. Roughly three quarters of homes are detached houses and about 85 percent of households own, per Census survey numbers. Building took off in the 1980s and 1990s, when more than half of today’s homes went up. A few houses in the older Lakewood Park subdivision units date to the 1960s, and builders are still putting up new homes on open lots.
Typical listings describe concrete block and stucco houses on lots around a quarter acre. Many resale listings show a one-car attached garage, and some yards add a chain-link fence with a gate and a storage shed or two. Some of the new builder homes come with two-car garages. It is a car-dependent area. About one in six homes is a mobile home, including those in Spanish Lakes Country Club Village, a senior community off the Turnpike Feeder Road.
What we do here
Every service below is mobile. We bring the tools and parts to your door, driveway or parking lot in Lakewood Park.
Locked out of a house, car or business. Damage-free entry first, proof of ownership every time.
Deadbolts, knobs, sliders and storm doors fitted and repaired at your home.
New pins so old keys stop working, or new hardware when the lock is worn out.
Keypad and Wi-Fi deadbolts fitted, aligned and set up with your codes.
Remote head keys, flip keys and push to start fobs, programmed on site.
Storefront and office locks, closers, panic bars and staff change rekeys.
Master key systems, keypads and fob readers for offices and rentals.
Often they are. A third of the homes in Lakewood Park date from the 1980s, so many front doors may still have the builder-grade knob and deadbolt they came with. After roughly 40 years of Florida sun and daily use, the pins wear down, keys get sloppy, and the bolt may not fully throw unless you push on the door. Copies of copies make it worse, because each copy is a little less exact.
If the lock still turns smoothly, a rekey is enough. If the key catches, the finish is flaking, or the deadbolt only locks when you lift the door, a new Schlage or Kwikset deadbolt is the better fix. Sliding glass doors on homes this age often have a worn latch too, and a secondary bar or pin lock is a cheap upgrade. We cover all of this on our home locksmith page.
Locks here are spread across more buildings than a typical city house.
Locked out of the front door or the garage entry? We try picking or bypassing first, then talk with you before any drilling.
We cut off a padlock when the key is lost or the lock has seized, and replace it with a sturdier one. If you like, the new one can share a key with your other padlocks.
Detached garages, workshops and sheds can be fitted with keyed knobs, deadbolts or hasps, and rekeyed to the same key as the house.
The average commute here runs over half an hour, so a lost car key can strand you. For most makes we make and program a replacement chip key or remote on site. We do not do German brands: BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche or Mini.
A keypad deadbolt means nobody needs a hidden spare key. You can share a code with family or a pet sitter and change it later.
Walk the property and note each lock: front door, garage entry, back slider, shed, workshop and gate padlocks. Snap a photo of each brand name.
Locks need the same keyway to share a key, which usually means the same brand. Where Kwikset and Schlage are mixed, we swap a few cylinders so they match.
We set every cylinder to one new key. Padlocks with a rekeyable cylinder can match too. Cheap padlocks usually get swapped for keyed-alike ones.
Get two or three spares while we are there and put them somewhere sensible, not under the doormat.
Call and we will quote the total before we drive out. Sun to Thu 7am to 11pm, Fri 7am to 5pm.
With longer drives for everyone, a good spare key plan saves a lot of waiting.
If you are locked out and the only way to the back door is through a padlocked gate, say so when you call. The technician brings cutters and a new padlock, so one trip covers both.
What the common Lakewood Park jobs usually run. Your exact total is quoted on the phone before we drive out, and the trip is already part of it.
| Job | Typical range | What is included |
|---|---|---|
| Home lockout | $90 to $150 | Typical range, damage-free entry first |
| Car lockout | $75 to $140 | Typical range for most makes |
| Rekey, first lock | $95 to $150 | Typical range, includes the service call |
| Rekey, each extra lock | $25 to $50 | Typical range per added cylinder, such as a shed or garage |
| Transponder car key | $150 to $275 | Typical range, cut and programmed on site |
| Smart lock install | $125 to $225 | Typical range, setup and testing included |
Ranges are typical. Your exact total is quoted on the phone before we drive out. See all prices on our pricing page.
We take calls and go out from 7am until 11pm, Sunday through Thursday. Friday runs 7am to 5pm, and we do not work Saturdays. Because Lakewood Park is a longer trip, an early call gives us the most room to schedule. We cover the rest of north county too, including Fort Pierce North just to the south.
FAQ
Any trip cost is already built into the phone quote, so you know the whole amount before you agree to anything. No extra fees get added when we arrive. Lakewood Park is about 20 to 22 miles from central Port St. Lucie, so we plan the visit and bring the right parts the first time.
Yes, once you show us the shed belongs to you, for example with a photo ID that has the home address. We cut or shim the padlock, then replace it with a sturdier one. The new padlock can share a key with your house or your other padlocks so you carry fewer keys.
Usually yes. The locks have to share a keyway, which most often means the same brand. We rekey each cylinder to one new key and replace any that do not match. Padlocks with a rekeyable cylinder can join the same key. Count the locks first and we can price the whole job on one call.
The drive alone is usually 30 to 35 minutes from central Port St. Lucie. How long you actually wait depends on the job our technician is finishing, and we tell you that plainly on the phone. If you are in an unsafe spot, like a hot car with a child inside, call 911 first.
Yes. Spanish Lakes Country Club Village, the senior community off the Turnpike Feeder Road, is part of our Lakewood Park service area. If your community has a front office, gate or sign-in rule, mention it on the call so we do not lose time at the entrance. Mobile home doors take different parts, so mention that too.
It helps a lot here. With longer drives for locksmiths, family and neighbors, a keypad deadbolt means you cannot really get locked out as long as the batteries are fresh. Give a relative or a service worker a code of their own and remove it when the job is done. We install keypad and smart deadbolts and set up the codes with you.
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